Black Cat Cupcakes Food

BLACK CAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes, filling paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Using a star tip, frost tops of cupcakes. Insert two cookie pieces into each for ears, splitting Oreos if desired to expose filling. Decorate faces as desired with assorted candies.

BLACK CAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Prepare 24-2 1/2" muffin cups with cooking spray and flour; set aside.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions; stir in cookie crumbs.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove from pans; cool on wire rack.
• Make cat faces on each of the remaining cookies: using some frosting, attach 4-1 1/2" licorice strings for whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears.
• Let set at least 30 minutes.
• Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake. Place 3" piece licorice string on back half of each cupcake for tail.

BLACK CAT AND BAT PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Chop 5 cookies; set aside. Beat peanut butter, butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition until well blended. Stir in chopped chocolate and chopped cookies. Spoon into 18 paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min. Remove cupcakes to wire racks; cool completely.
• Reserve 1 Tbsp. frosting for decorating; spread remaining frosting onto tops of cupcakes.
• Split remaining cookies, leaving filling on one half of each cookie. Decorate orange cookie halves to resemble cat faces, adding 4 (2-inch) licorice pieces to each for the whiskers, 2 candy corn pieces for the ears and 2 nuts for the eyes, securing candies to cookies with small amount of the reserved frosting.
• Cut remaining cookie pieces in half for the bats' wings. Decorate with candies as shown in photo. Stand cat faces on tops of 9 cupcakes. Place 1 (3-inch) licorice piece on back half of each cupcake for the cat's tail. Arrange halved plain cookies on tops of remaining cupcakes to resemble bats. Add red hot candies for the eyes, securing to cookies with remaining frosting.

CAT CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
• Melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in microwave as bag directs.
• For cat's tails, dip pretzel loops in chocolate, remove excess, place on lined baking sheet and sprinkle with Jimmies.
• Refrigerate until needed.
• Spoon 1 Tbsp vanilla frosting into a small ziptop bag; set aside.
• Tint rest grass-green with the food color.
• Frost top of cupcakes with green frosting.
• For each cupcake: Insert a tail into frosting at top right, letting part of tail extend over the side.
• Reserve 1 tsp chocolate frosting.
• Spoon rest into a small ziptop bag.
• Snip 1/4inch off corner and pipe cat's body (like a large"C") and legs.
• Press point of chocolate Kiss into frosting for head.
• Snip tiny tip off corner of bag with vanilla frosting- pipe whiskers.
• Pipe eyes with yellow icing Dip a toothpick into reserved chocolate frosting; use to make cat's ears.